Brazil's gays stage huge parade against bias
Sun May 25, 2008 6:25pm EDT
By Claudia Fontoura
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More than a million gays and transsexuals paraded in Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo on Sunday in what was billed as the world's largest gay march to urge an end to violence and discrimination.
DJs blasted dance music from trucks that drove up and down the city's skyscraper-lined main avenue as people in the dense crowds danced and celebrated on a hot, sunny day, some wearing wi...

Ellen v. McCain On Gay Marriage
Ellen DeGeneres tested her debate skills while hosting Republican John McCain on her talk show.
As we all know, Ellen’s planning on partaking in California’s gay marriage, which pits her against the Republican presidential hopeful, who’s staunchly against same-sex nuptials.
Describing their opposing positions as a “respectful disagreement,” McCain stresses that he’s totally for state-based arrangements allowing insurance rights and the such...

Gay Iranian teen wins long asylum fight
published Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Gay.com
Britain said Tuesday that it is granting asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who fears that he could face execution if forced to return to his homeland.
Britain's Border Agency said it would allow asylum for Mehdi Kazemi, who traveled in 2005 to London to study English and while there learned that his lover in Iran had been charged with sodomy and hanged.
Kazemi, 19, then sought asylum in Britain, but it was r...

Here is news you don't see everyday, Donkey in jail. Thought I would just throw this in as News of the Weird.
Mexican donkey freed from jail after assault
The Associated Press
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican donkey has been freed from jail after doing time for assault and battery. The Televisa network on Wednesday showed "Blacky" gobbling food from a bucket after spending three days in a jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances.
Blacky was...